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E. MGIVIANUS. WINDOW SHADE EXHIBITOR.

y No. 422,146. Patented Feb.25, 1890.

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'UNITED STATES 4PATENT OFFICE EDVINlVICMANUS, OF RANDOLPH, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,146, dated February25, 1890. Application iiled September 25, 1889. Serial No. 324,999. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern,.- y Be it known that I, EDWIN McMANUs, ofRandolph, in the county of Oattarangus and State lof New York, haveinvented a newand Improved Window-Shade Exhibitor, of which thefollowing is a full,'clear, and exact description.

The objects in view are to provide a convenient portable device whichwill receive and support a number of curtains'or windowshades and permitthe ready display of any one or more at the same time, provision beingmade for the return of Vthe shades to rollers in compact form whendesired. The device also 'comprises a means 4for the secure housing andprotection of the display-samples when not on exhibition. y

To these ends the invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will hereinafter be described, andindicated in the claims.

Reference is to be made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the exhibitor with the display-samplesof windowshades inclosed to protect them from injury. Fig. 2 representsa side elevation of the de- Vice with one side opened to permit theunrolling of the sample-shades, one being partially lowered to exhibitit. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on the line in Fig.2, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view in section taken on the line y yin Fig. l.

The upper and main portion of the shadeexhibitor consists of a frame Aof rectangular form and suitable dimensions for its designed uses. Itscomponent parts are two upright end boards o', held spaced apart by thetop and bottom pieces o e and other connected parts as follows: Twovertical strips or stiles a are secured to the end boards b to renderthe same stable and for an other purpose, which will appear.

To render the frame A more substantial the stiffening-webs f g aresecured across the frame interiorly, these being attached to the top andbottom pieces o e by adjacent edges, and by their ends to the stiles aabout the center of width of the latter. Opposite doors a are providedto close the open sides of the frame A. These may be paneled orotherwise constructed as may be preferred, and are hinged tothe frame onits lower piece e, as at d, that they may hang pendent when open. Thedimensions of the doors a are such, relatively, that they will neatlyfit in the side openings of the frame A, and when closed may be s ecuredby the hooks and eyes o or othermeans.

The frame A is mounted upon the legs D, or any other support ofornamental design may be substituted therefor. The curved legs shown arepreferred, as these are strong, neat, and of simple construction; On thelower ends casters h are attached to the four legs to provide forport-ability of the entire structure. Stay-braces D extend across thecorners where the frame and legs join to stiffen the connection of thelatter with the frame. At spaced intervals of height there is a seriesof elongated thumb-screw bolts t' inserted through threaded holes madefor their reception in the stile a, and on the opposite stile incorresponding planes the bracket-blocks lo are attached.

The bracket-blocks are centrally perforated i to receive the pintle`ends of rollers c, which are designed to support window-shades used assamples, and the inner ends of the thumbscrew bolts z' are axiallyperforated to retain in horizontal parallel planes the several rollersthat are provided with the usual springs to automatically roll up theattached shades.

As shown in Fig. 3, two series of spaced rollers c are furnished. Theseare arranged near the doors a. Different styles, qualities, and patternsof curtains or window-shades of flexible material may be secured to therollers at one end of said shades in the usual manner for mounting sucharticles. Vhen so adj usted, they can be all rolled upon theirrespective rollers with the4 lower ends conveniently projected, asrepresented in Fig. 3, while any number may be drawn down and allowed tooverlap the upper portion of the shade below it, so that comparativeinspection may be had of thevwhole number of shades thus exposed.

The Vconvenience for exhibition, compact structure, portability, ease inoperation to ex- IOO hibit the samples contained in it, and low cost ofyproduction are claimed to be advantages pertaining to this device.

The exhibitor may be made with a single series of shade-supports, andthen a single door will serve to permit the free display of containedsample window-shades. In some cases the supporting-legs D may bedispensed with and the frame Abe mounted onl a counter.

Other slight changes might be made in the form of the device within thescopeof my invention; hence I do not'desire to limit its construction tothe exact form shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl. Ina Window-shade exhibitor, thecombination,with an upright supporting-frame, and a door hinged todepend from the lower edge of the frame, of a series of shade-rollersrevolubly supported Within the frame on perforated' bracket-blocks, andaligning axiallyperforated set-screw bolts, substantially as set forth.

2. In a window-shade exhibitor, the combination, with a rectangularframe having supports whereon it may be rolled, and two doors locatedoppositely which are hinged to the lower edge of the frame, of duplicateseries of shade-rollers held spaced apart in vertical planes parallel toeach other by two series of perforated bracket-blocks and axially-perfo`rated thumb-screw bolts, substantially as set Y forth.

nation, with a rectangular frame and legs for the frame having casters,of two hinged pendent doors, a series of spaced perforatedbracket-blocks which are adapted to loosely support 1 the pintles ofshade-rollers at one end of the same, a corresponding series ofaxially-perforated thu mb-screw bolts'which removably su pport the otherpintle ends of shade-rollers, and a series of shade-rollers,substantially as set forth.

4. In a Window-shade exhibitor, the combination, with a rectangularframe, of bracketblocks attached at one end on the inside, andthumb-screws projected throughthe other end and having their inner endsadapted to receive the pintle of a curtain-roller, substantially asshown and described. y

5. In a window-shade exhibitor, the combination,with arectangular framehaving stiles affixed at its sides Within, four legs provided Withcasters, and two doors hinged to its lower cross-piecev so as to hangpendent, of two series of bracket-blocks which are perforated forpintles, two corresponding sets of thumbscrews also perforated, theblocks and setscrews being arranged at spaced intervals of height on thestiles oppositely, and two sets of rollers which are supported by theblocks and set-screws and are adapted to retain win- Ydow-shades forexhibition or in close-rolled

